Kallumakkaya or kadukka or kakka or Mussels biriyani
Ingredients:
- Mussels : 20 to 25 nos (cleaned)
- Biriyani rice ( kayama or kola) : 500gm
- Ghee: 100gm
- Onion: 300gm
- Tomato : 250gm
- Garlic: 3 no.s ( chopped into fine pieces)
- Ginger: 50gm ( chopped into fine pieces)
- Green chilies:4 to 5
- Turmeric powder: 1 tablespoon
- Chili powder: 1 table spoon
- Pepper powder: 1 table spoon
- Biriyani powder (garam masala Powder):2 table spoon
- Curry leaves: 4 to 5 stems
- Coriander leaves: 2 to 3 stems
- Mint leaves (Putheena) : 3 to 4 stems
- Salt: as needed
- Lemon juice: 1 full lemon juice, also we can use vinegar
- Curd: 2 to 3 tablespoon
- Sunflower oil: 3 to 4 tablespoon
- Water:
- Cashew, Raisin : fry it in ghee.
- Maida: 2 tbsp
- Cornflour: 2 tbsp
- 1 sliced onion, fry it in ghee for adding into rice
You can also use basmati rice instead of biriyani rice, it may take less time to cook than other rice.
Preparation:
Rice: soak in water for 20 to 25 minutes and wash it 3 or 4 times . Drain off the water completely. In cooker add 3 or 4 table spoon of ghee, pour water into it. Add the rice into it and stir it well. Then add 1 table spoon of salt. once boiled, close the cooker and put the weight. after 10 minutes ( don’t allow for whistle) switch off the flame and set aside( don’t open it now).
Kallumakkaya preparation:
Clean the Kallumakkaya (mussels) properly and take the flush from shell.
For taking, flush, first boil the kallumakaaya in water for 5 minutes. Once it is cooled it will open the shell, then you can easily take the flush using knife.
In a bowl add cleaned kallumakaaya pieces, 1/4 tbs of salt, 1 tbs red chili powder, 1/2 tbs turmeric powder, 1/2 tbs pepper powder and 1 tbs of cornflour into it. Marinate with ingredients and keep aside for at least 10 minutes.
Then shallow fry the kallumakaaya in oil and keep it aside.
In a mixer grind garlic, ginger, green chili, and 1 stem of curry leaves.
In a heavy bottom pan(a pressure cooker or a heavy bottom pot) add 2 tablespoon of oil and 2 table spoon ghee, once hot add the ginger garlic paste that we have prepared. Once become fried add chopped onion into it, stir it well until onions become golden brown color. You can add salt to fry the onion easily. Then add chopped tomatoes into it. Stir it well. Then add 1 tbs garam masala powder, 1/4 tbs chili powder, curd, 1 lemon juice, 1 tbs pepper and salt(as needed). Stir it well , after 10 to 15 minutes add the roasted mussels into this.
After 2 minutes, put a banana leaf above it( so rice and masala will not get mixed, you can use aluminium foil instead of leaf, need to make small holes in the aluminium foil). Then add one layer of rice( you can use 1/4 of rice in one layer), above this add fried onion, fried cashews raisin and pinch of garam masala. Then add another layer of rice, add fried onion, cashews, raisin and pinch of garam masala. You can make 3 or 4 layer of rice. Cover the pan with a plate. cook the biriyani for 5 minutes in low flame.
Then off the flame and set aside for 10 to 20 minutes. Then open the pan, Either you can separate the rice and masala or mix all together.
Serve it into a plate. Tasty and simple kallummakaaya biriyani ready to serve.
